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I'm a student who recently adopted my first cat. I've been lurking this forum for a while, but finally decided to make my first post.
Before I got Augustus, I had been visiting the shelter every weekend, and looking at their website daily, but none of the cats fitted my family and I. Finally I dropped in late on a Friday night, not expecting to find a cat, but I found Augustus. Once I sat down next to him and gave him a few cheek scratches, he rested his whole head on my arm and started purring. I wanted to adopt him right there and then, but because of his pica, we had to consult the onsite vet, and she had left. So we came back first thing on Saturday morning, and after a four hour wait, we went home with him!
His full name is Empurror Augustus the Magnificat and he turns 4 in a couple of days. We've had him for about a month-he's been great! He has pretty severe pica that he's on medication for, but we've only had a couple incidents (a slipper, bathmat, and one unfortunate pet bed). It seems to be mainly triggered by stress as the pet bed met its end when we first brought him home and the slipper + bathmat was when we left him for a day.
Here he is, in all his furry glory.
Before I got Augustus, I had been visiting the shelter every weekend, and looking at their website daily, but none of the cats fitted my family and I. Finally I dropped in late on a Friday night, not expecting to find a cat, but I found Augustus. Once I sat down next to him and gave him a few cheek scratches, he rested his whole head on my arm and started purring. I wanted to adopt him right there and then, but because of his pica, we had to consult the onsite vet, and she had left. So we came back first thing on Saturday morning, and after a four hour wait, we went home with him!
His full name is Empurror Augustus the Magnificat and he turns 4 in a couple of days. We've had him for about a month-he's been great! He has pretty severe pica that he's on medication for, but we've only had a couple incidents (a slipper, bathmat, and one unfortunate pet bed). It seems to be mainly triggered by stress as the pet bed met its end when we first brought him home and the slipper + bathmat was when we left him for a day.
Here he is, in all his furry glory.